Murder With Strings Attached
by Mark Reutlinger
Genre: Humorous Mystery
Sometimes even the most carefully conceived burglary can take an unexpected turn. Florence Palmer has her eye on concert violinist Aaron Levy's priceless violin. Unfortunately, she finds it's already been stolen. Her surprise doubles when the virtuoso she'd planned to burgle offers to hire her to help him steal it back. But they're not the only ones looking for the missing violin. When Flo inadvertently becomes the prime suspect in a case of murder, she and Aaron need to clear her name. Will they find the real killer and get the violin back to its rightful owner without anyone else, especially themselves, being killed?
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I was
going to use my “one phone call” (assuming a person really gets one and that’s
not just something they say in the movies) to call Aaron, but I didn’t have to
bother. Almost as soon as I arrived at the police station, Aaron, who obviously
had been watching developments and following the police car I was in, walked in
and inquired how I might be released. Given the relatively minor nature of the
charge, despite what they might actually suspect, and my clean record, despite
all the burglaries they were thankfully unaware of, bail was set according to a
standard schedule rather than my having to wait to see a judge the next day.
I
don’t know how much it cost Aaron to bail me out, but of course whatever it
was, he could well afford it; and besides, he owed it to me. After all, I was
really just his employee, and surely posting bail is a standard employee
benefit.
When
all the necessary papers had been signed and funds transferred, Aaron and I
walked out into the sunshine that I’d been afraid I wouldn’t be seeing for
quite a while.
On the
way to Aaron’s car, I gave him a hug and a little kiss on the cheek and thanked
him for extricating me from the pokey and doing it so quickly. He looked a bit
embarrassed by that, but he cleared his throat and said in his best
businesslike manner:
“Okay,
so why’d you shoot him, and where’d you put the violin?”
Mark Reutlinger is the author of the novels "Made in China," "Murder with Strings Attached," and the "Mrs. Kaplan" cozy mystery series, as well as "Sister-in-Law" under the pen name M. R. Morgan. He is a professor of law emeritus at Seattle University. Born in San Francisco, Mark graduated from UC Berkeley and now lives with his wife, Analee, in University Place, Washington. When not reading or writing, Mark enjoys tennis, biking, playing the clarinet (in the Tacoma Concert Band), sports cars, and various arts and crafts. He doesn't know where he finds time for it all.
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